State v. Long
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pemiscot Circuit Court. — Now Henry G. Riley, Judge. (1) The information is defective because it fails to state that the mortal wound was inflicted feloniously, wilfully, deliberately, premeditatedly, on purpose, and of malice aforethought.
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Appeal from Pemiscot Circuit Court. — Now Henry G. Riley, Judge. (1) The information is defective because it fails to state that the mortal wound was inflicted feloniously, wilfully, deliberately, premeditatedly, on purpose, and of malice aforethought. State v. Johnson, 90 S. W. 89; State v. Woodard, 90 S. W. 90. (2) The circuit court erred in permitting the prosecuting attorney, over the objection and exception of defendant, to ask defendant’s witness Winsett if he had not committed a detestable crime. This is certainly not the proper way to impeach the credibility of a witness, and we take…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
On October 3, 1905, the prosecuting attorney of Pemiscot county filed an information charging the defendant with murder in the first degree of one ' C. C. Still, on the first day of October, 1905. The defendant was duly arraigned on the 22nd day of November, 1905, and a plea of not guilty entered. A trial was had on the 24th of November, 1905, and the jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree. The defendant was sentenced according to the verdict and ■from'that sentence has prosecuted his appeal'in due form. The information, omitting caption, is in the following words:
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